Topic: 5 Signs You Are Not as Smart as You Think Posted: Aug 27 2013 at 8:25am

5 Signs You Are Not as Smart as You Think

It’s a concept that can be difficult to
come to terms with, but like it or not our intellect (or our perceived
intellect) can often work against us in life. The indications are all
there once you have the eyes to see them. Have you fell into the “I
think I’m too smart for my own good” trap? Don’t worry the big part of
correcting a mistake is realizing it exists! Check out these 5 signs you
are not as smart as you think you are and see if any or all apply to
you. Coming quickly to terms with them and correcting this kind of
self-defeating behavior can make you truly smarter fast! And perhaps
more importantly, much happier too.

Lack of Professional Success

Opinions are by their nature subjective –
think of beauty as being in the eyes of the beholder as a classic
example – while end results, like numbers in a pay check are very much
objective and impossible to argue with. Smart people leverage their
intelligence into professional success. If you are thirty five years
old, consider yourself brilliant yet are living in your parent’s
basement it’s pretty clear you are not as smart as you think you are.
Smart people figure out a way to make money not make excuses!

Always Being in the Center of Conflict

Smart people, truly smart people that
is, don’t spend every waking moment wasted in argument, conflict and
debate. The need to prove how correct you are at the expense of
co-workers, friends, family and the majority of people you meet on the
street reveals a insecurity that truly intelligent people rarely have.
It’s a flashing neon sign that tells the world you are not nearly as
smart as you think you are! Avoid unneeded conflict and watch the energy
you save get utilized for positive projects and to fuel constructive
behavior. Now that’s a sign you are getting smarter!

You Are Always Rushing Around and Way too Busy

Do you find most of your days fighting
the clock and running from crisis to crisis? Time and energy management
is a skill all truly smart people quickly learn to manage to make the
most out of life, minimize stress and out produce their less smart
peers. Ask yourself if you are so intelligent why are you always running
around in a panic like a chicken without a head? Occasional bouts of
overwork may be unavoidable aspects of our professional or home lives,
certainly, but if this is a reoccurring nightmare you are hardly as
smart as you may like to think you are. Smart people know this is hardly
a way to live or to produce up to a person’s true highest potential!

You Talk Much More than You Listen

What do you think of when you are around
someone who just won’t stop talking to even catch a breath? Don’t
images of scam artists, unscrupulous used car salesmen and high school
air heads flash to mind? Certainly not people with true intelligence who
understand there’s much more benefit and lasting power in the sometimes
lost art of listening rather than talking. Which category do you most
often fall it – the endless babbler or the active listener? The answer
says a great deal about just how smart you really are. Listen more and
talk less.

Your Reading Habits are Hardly Challenging

If you needed to find one top quality
shared by all truly intelligent people you could do much worse than
focusing on the love of reading. Real reading about difficult and
thought provoking subjects – not escapist low brow entertainment.
Reading is an essential tool in the quest for continued self development
and it’s embraced by all the truly smart. If you consider yourself in
this category, but spend your free time zoned out in front of the
television or wasting time reading foolish crime novels it may be time
to reconsider. A few hours of challenging reading a night can help
expand your intelligence and creativity in astoundingly magical ways and
move you quickly towards being smart for real. Adopting this habit
alone can be a true game changer you will have no choice, but to thank
yourself for a year from now. Don’t hesitate to act on it if you’d like
to be smart rather than just think you are smart!

i agree with everything except the "love" of reading part. sure...reading is necessary and has it's place. but i never did it for pleasure and barely enjoyed it otherwise. i actually found mofos going on and on and on and on in text format a highly inefficient use of my time. in fact, i barely EVER cracked open a text book all throughout school...ummmm...yeah....meh.

i actually preferred to solve puzzles of various kinds...i'm convinced this honed my critical thinking skills...

i can agree with everything except the lack of professional success. the economy and job market are more than slightly volatile.

then again, maybe i'm not as brilliant/smart as i think i am and i'm making it all up.

the list seems to be more reflective of maturity (perhaps) than intelligence. then again, to some, the concept intelligence is proven by a person's ability to adapt and thrive-- whatever that may mean to them. *shrug*

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